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Spílyay T yrooo, W grfn Springs, O regon Page 6 A u g u s t 21, 2013 Hike, swim event next week Hoops Camp . The Fourth Annual Girls’ Hike and Swim event for girls and w omen is coming up on Wednesday, August 28. Participants will hike on the Tam-A-Lau Trad, followed by swimming and a barbecue Abby Scott hosted a basketball camp at the Community Center last Friday. Abby plays guard for the Division 1 New Mexico State Aggies women’s basketball team. She was home from college for a short time this summer, and headed back to Las Cruces, New Mexico shortly after the basketball camp. Abby is a graduate 2011 graduate of Madras High school, and is attending New Mexico State on an athletic scholarship. She played in 31 games last year as a freshman. A ir Show at Madras Airport The Air Show o f the Cas cades at the Madras Airport is this Friday and Saturday, August 23-24. The events include a clas sic car and motorcycle show, aerial acts, live music and military displays. MAC youth soccer starting The Madras Aquatic Cen ter Fall Youth Soccer League is starting in September they are looking for coaches. Living Traditions contin ues at the Museum at Warm Springs on Saturday, August 31, w ith a presentation on Traditional Foods. S ep tem b er w ill feature Gov. vetoes Native American mascot bill force stereotypes and p ro mote hostility. , Supporters say mascots are a source o f pride. Re quiring schools to work with local tribes would be an op portunity to build trust and u n d e rstan d in g , said Rep. Sherrie Sprenger, a Republi can from Scio who fought hard to get the bill through the H ouse and Senate and urged Kitzhaber, n ot to veto it.'A Sprenger said she was “ex tremely disappointed with thegovernor’s decision” and would continue working on the issue. / “I was very encouraged w hen I had conversations with the governor, however once the staff ran interfer ence and I was denied ap pointments with the gover nor by the staff, it became very difficult to have those kinds o f conversations,” Sprenger said. In a letter announcing his veto, Kitzhaber cited a lack o f consensus among tribal m em bers a b o u t w h eth er Native,. American mascots should be allowed. The gov ernor said he's open to a much more limited option that would allow a school to keep a N ative A m erican mascot if it was identified with a Specific tribe and that tribe authorized it — an idea similar to the NCAA’s policy that allows the Seminóles at the University o f Florida. H ow ever, K itz h a b e r’s p ro p o s e d c o m p ro m ise would n ot allow any o f the affected schools in Oregon to keep their m ascots or nicknames, because they use th e m o re g en eral term s Braves, Indians and Chief tains. I f you’re in terested call the M adras A quatic C en ter at 541-475-4253. Living Traditions at museum Dave McMechan/Spilyay (AP) — Gov. J o h n Kitzhaber last week vetoed a bill th at w ould have al lowed some Oregon schools to keep their mascots, nick names and logos that depict Native Americans. The bill w ould have re versed part o f a ban on N a tive American mascots im posed by the state Board o f Education, allowing schools ;to keep the mascots if they could secure approval from the nearest tribe. U nder the bo ard ’s ban, •eight schools known as the Braves, Indians or Chieftains Will have to drop the name by 2017 or risk losing state funding. Seven schools called the W arriors can keep the nickname but cannot have a logo th a t dep icts N a tiv e American's. Critics o f Native Ameri can mascots say they rein at the Cove. It is free, but you should sign up at the Kids Club, the M adras Ju v e n ile D e p a rt ment, Best Care, or Jefferson County Library. L “I appreciate th e spon sors’ desire to prom ote con versations ab o u t diversity and inclusion in their local schools,” K itzhaber wrote. “Their intent is sincere; and I share it.” T he H ouse and Senate both voted overwhelmingly to ease up on the m ascot ban. T h e issue co u ld re- emerge when lawmakers re turn to Salem in February. Since th e 1970s, m ore than 600 high school and col lege teams across the coun try have done away with their Native American nicknames, including 20 in Oregon. In 2006, th e O re g o n Board o f Education adopted a nonbinding recommenda tion that schools stop using Native mascots. A handful did, but Some small commu nities have resisted. Weavers Teaching Weavers, at the museum. This is spon sored by Cargill Foundation, through Evergreen State Col lege. For information call the museum at 541-553-3331. Berry picking today at Meadows The M ount H ood M eadow s Ski R eso rt this W ednesday, A ugust 21, is h o stin g the annual H u ck le b e rry P ic k in g D ay fo r tribal m em bers. Transportation and lunch are provided. Rez Rover taxi offers service in Warm Springs. To call for a ride or get cost informa tion they can be contacted at 553-3030. WARM SPRINGS TELECOM r Gallery fundraiser at museum A rt A d v e n tu re Gallery’s Third Annual fund-raising dinner will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Museum at Warm Springs. A reception and ca tered dinner begins at 5 p.m. The exhibit The Tife and A r t o f Apolonia Susana Santos will be on display. Confirma tions need to be made by August 15 by call ing 475-7701. Recreation hosting trip to state fair Recreation is taking kids on a field trip to the Oregon S tate F air today Tuesday, August 27. Kids will need to bring $30 for a wrist band, sack lu n ch , and sp endin g money. Also, no open toe shoes, like flip flops or san dals, will be permitted. They will leave at 8:15 a.m. and re turn by 8 p.m. Sign kids up at the Rec office. 2132 Warm Springs St., Warm Springs Old dam being removed to improve fish habitat TROUTDALE (AP) A dam built in the 1930s to b o o st salm on runs in the Sandy River near Troutdale is now being removed to im prove fish habitat. The U.S. Army Corps o f Engineers and the Portland Water Board are sharing the cost o f the $800,000 project on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service. C o rp s sp o k esw o m an Diana Frèdlund says the old Oregon G ame Comm ission' wanted to close o ff the East Channel through the Sandy River Delta, where the river empties into the Columbia. She says the idea then was to focus flows through one channel,, but the more natu ral condition is to allow the river to find its own course through' several channels. The earthen dam is 8 feet high and 750 feet long. Re m oval b eg in s T hursday. Com pletion is expected in November. ph. 541- 553-1597 Beads, Native American Gifts, Museum, Deli, Grocery, Ice, Fishing Permits, Western Union, Check-Free Bill Pay, ATM and Much More! J N. h xxx A s s i s t e d L i v i n g L a c . ili t y 2321 Oll^IIie Lane (PO Boxò) Warm Springs, OR 97761
